Eminent Scholar Lecture by Shing-Tung Yau: From Riemannian Geometry to Modern Computer Graphics

Friday, April 30, 2010 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

This is the rescheduled event which was originally planned for February 26.

The Inaugural Polytechnic Trustees' Eminent Scholar Lecture

From Riemannian Geometry to Modern Computer Graphics

Shing-Tung Yau, Harvard University

Jointly sponsored by Polytechnic Institute of NYU and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of NYU

Abstract

Professor Yau will discuss recent work by his research team on applying ideas and techniques from modern geometry to computer graphics, vision, geometric modeling, networking and medical imaging.

About the Speaker

Professor Yau is considered one of the world’s most accomplished mathematicians. He is best known for his solution to the Calabi conjecture, which plays a crucial role in the foundations of string theory in physics, and, in joint work with Richard Schoen of Stanford, the solution to the positive mass conjecture in Einstein’s theory of general relativity. He has many prestigious awards, including the Fields Medal, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Crafoord Prize, the National Medal of Science, and the Wolf Prize.

Tea will be served at 3:30 p.m. in front of JAB 474Lecture will begin at 4:00 p.m. in JAB 474